Chapter Summaries

Lei Qi welcomed Han Yue and Han Xue, agreed to protect the Han Clan, and then received powerful alchemy and soul-cultivation rewards through his challenge with the sisters. Ye Xinlan considered asking Liu Fei to join her in seeking Lei Qi’s help.

• Lei Qi told Han Yue and Han Xue to call him husband, then heard Han Yue ask him to protect the Han Clan.
• Lei Qi summoned Yang Ji and ordered him to handle the threat to the Han Clan in North Sky City and arrange protection through the Wind Lightning Pavilion.
• After Lei Qi took the sisters into their room, Ye Xinlan watched them and decided to visit Liu Fei about seeking Lei Qi’s help together.
• Lei Qi completed his challenge with Han Yue and Han Xue and claimed a Peak Rank Eight Alchemist’s experience, the Soul Refining Art, Eight-Colored Ninth-Grade Pill Lightning formulas, and ten Aptitude Pills.

Lei Qi distributed Aptitude Pills and Bloodline Aptitude Pills to strengthen his allies and family. He then visited Cao Ying with a soul-cultivation method and a collection of pill recipes, startling Lei Chen.

• After Lei Qi left, Han Yue and Han Xue discussed their situation and took the Aptitude Pills, which caused impurities to be expelled from their bodies.
• Lei Qi summoned Lei Dong and the Four Commanders, gave each a Bloodline Aptitude Pill, and told Lei Dong to inform eight others that more could be earned through merit or ability.
• Lei Qi gave Aptitude Pills to Yao Ye, Xiao Yu, and Nalan Yanran before heading to Cao Ying's boudoir.
• Lei Qi gave Cao Ying a soul-cultivation method and pill recipes, and her excited reaction startled Lei Chen into crying.

Lei Qi took Qing Lin to Ancient Dragon Island so its experts could help her control the Ancient Heavenly Serpent soul she had obtained. After arriving, they learned that a Dou Sheng from the Ancient Clan had secretly followed them.

• Lei Qi soothed his crying son, then left Cao Ying to study the pill formula and Soul Refining Art.
• Qing Lin returned with the soul of an Ancient Heavenly Serpent and told Lei Qi her strength had risen to One-Star Dou Venerate.
• Lei Qi summoned Elders Lei Qingyi and Lei Moshi, then traveled with them and Qing Lin through a spatial wormhole to Ancient Dragon Island.
• A Dou Sheng from the Ancient Clan secretly followed the group as they left the Thunder Realm.
• Elder Qing Shan greeted Lei Qi on Dragon Island, then sensed the hidden follower and went to meet the guest, startling Lei Qi, Lei Qingyi, and Lei Moshi.

Elder Qing Shan caught Gu Qingchen of the Ancient Clan secretly following Lei Qi and helped Lei Qingyi and Lei Moshi capture him. Lei Qi had Gu Qingchen imprisoned on suspicion of plotting against him, leaving the dispute to be settled after they returned to the clan.

• Qing Shan chased down Gu Qingchen after spotting him following Lei Qi and the Thunder Clan elders.
• Gu Qingchen denied following them but fought Qing Shan until Lei Qingyi and Lei Moshi arrived and joined the battle.
• Outnumbered and injured, Gu Qingchen surrendered, and Qing Shan sealed his cultivation before Lei Qingyi escorted him to Dragon Island.
• Lei Qi questioned Gu Qingchen and accused him of possibly plotting an assassination, then ordered Qing Shan to imprison him.
• Lei Qi apologized to Qing Shan, who accepted and led him onward.

Lei Qi brought Qing Lin to the Dragon Clan elders to suppress the Nine-Headed Heavenly Serpent soul she had absorbed, then took Lei Moshi and Lei Qingyi to the Void Lightning Pool to improve their strength. Both elders swallowed Gathering Lightning Pills and began enduring the dangerous lightning baptism.

• Lei Qi asked Elder Qing Shan to arrange help for Qing Lin, whose Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils had absorbed the soul of a Nine-Headed Heavenly Serpent.
• Elder Qing Shan sent Zhu Li to take Qing Lin to the Ancient Dragon Tomb and help her refine the serpent soul.
• Lei Qi led Lei Qingyi and Lei Moshi to the Void Lightning Pool and warned them to avoid the Nine Mysterious Golden Lightning deep within it.
• Lei Qi gave the elders Gathering Lightning Pills of Eight-Rank Five-Colored Alchemical Lightning and warned that failure to endure them could halt their future progress.
• Lei Moshi swallowed a pill and began cultivating as lightning gathered around and struck him.
• Lei Qingyi swallowed a pill as well and began enduring the lightning baptism.

Lei Moshi pushed the Gathering Lightning Pill to its limits in the Silver Lightning Pool, but a swarm of Black Demon Lightning nearly killed him. Lei Qi saved him with a Low Saint Pill and used his Heavenly Flames to absorb the lightning, stirring a reaction from the Mutated Black Demon Lightning.

• After nearly a month of cultivation, Lei Qingyi broke through to the late stage of the One-Star Dou Sheng realm but admitted he had stopped before reaching the pill's full potential.
• Lei Moshi continued enduring the Silver Lightning Pool for another month, surpassing Lei Qingyi while Black Demon Lightning repeatedly wounded him.
• More than a dozen bolts of Black Demon Lightning struck Lei Moshi, leaving him exhausted and coughing blood.
• Lei Qi gave Lei Moshi a Low Saint Pill, restoring his Dou Qi, while Lei Qingyi restrained the remaining Black Demon Lightning with Spatial Lock.
• Lei Qi used four types of Heavenly Flames to weaken the Black Demon Lightning, and its energy entered his body and stirred the Mutated Black Demon Lightning.

Lei Qi absorbed Black Demon Lightning and helped Lei Moshi rebuild his body, allowing the elder to reach Late Three-Star Dou Sheng. After returning to Ancient Dragon Island, Lei Qi reunited with Xiao Yi Xian, Cai Lin, Zi Yan, and Qing Lin, who had all advanced in cultivation, and explained the Nine Revolutions to Sainthood to Xiao Yi Xian.

• Lei Qi refined the Black Demon Lightning and watched Lei Moshi recover after taking a Low Saint Pill.
• Lei Moshi awoke with his cultivation at Late Three-Star Dou Sheng and thanked Lei Qi for giving him a new life.
• Lei Qi and his companions returned to Ancient Dragon Island after more than two months away and reunited with Xiao Yi Xian, Cai Lin, Zi Yan, and Qing Lin.
• Zi Yan revealed that her grown appearance was temporary, then said she had reached Nine-Star Dou Venerate; Xiao Yi Xian, Cai Lin, and Qing Lin also reported their cultivation gains.
• Lei Qi told Xiao Yi Xian to compress her Dou Qi through nine cycles to advance toward Half-Saint, explaining that the process was called Nine Revolutions to Sainthood.

After returning to the Thunder Realm, Lei Qi confronted the Ancient Clan over Gu Qingchen’s pursuit of him and negotiated compensation instead of escalating the dispute. Gu Qing agreed to provide materials for three batches of tier-nine pills, though the requested ingredients were rare treasures.

• Qing Shan was astonished by Lei Moshi and Lei Qingyi’s progress and praised Lei Qi for helping them cultivate in the Void Lightning Pool.
• Lei Qi returned to the Thunder Realm and learned that Ancient Clan elder Gu Qing had been waiting for over a month about Gu Qingchen’s disappearance.
• Lei Qi explained that Gu Qingchen had followed him to the Ancient Void Dragon Clan and had been captured after the elders suspected he meant to harm him.
• Gu Qingchen claimed he had followed the Soul Clan and reached the Dragon Clan by chance, but Lei Qi questioned his explanation and accused him of intending to attack.
• Gu Qing apologized for Gu Qingchen’s conduct and asked Lei Ying to spare him, and Lei Qi accepted the matter as a misunderstanding in exchange for materials for three batches of tier-nine pills.
• Gu Qing was dismayed when he saw the list of rare ingredients Lei Qi demanded.

Lei Qi explained his pills and alchemy abilities to Lei Ying, then visited Yun Yun and reassured her about the Misty Cloud Sect and Jia Ma Empire. He arranged for Lei Rui to stay away for the night, leaving Yun Yun alone with him.

• Gu Qing said he needed to consult the Ancient Clan Patriarch, and Lei Ying sent him away with an escort.
• Lei Qi told Lei Ying how Lei Qingyi and Lei Moshi had changed, then asked the Thunder Clan to seek materials for ninth-tier pills and revealed he could refine eighth-tier pills that summoned Nine-Colored Pill Lightning.
• Lei Qi went to Yun Yun's residence, where she complained that he had neglected her, and the two spent the afternoon together.
• Yun Yun asked about the Jia Ma Empire, and Lei Qi said her teacher still guarded the Misty Cloud Sect while the Mittel Family had become the new imperial family.
• Lei Qi told Yun Yun that he had arranged for Lei Rui to stay with his sister at Cai Lin's place that night, leaving Yun Yun speechless.

Lei Qi dealt with Lei Yu’s scandal by advising him to marry the princess involved, then accompanied Lei Wusha on a tour of the Thunder Clan’s supported territories and learned how they managed resources through puppet empires. He left with a clearer understanding of the clan’s operations but no desire to oversee them himself.

• Lei Qi spent time with his family while Lei Dong’s bloodline reached the Divine Grade, and new Thunder Clan youths arrived at his residence for training.
• Lei Yu confessed that he had slept with a favored princess and feared punishment after her father reported the matter to Sky-Thunder City.
• Lei Qi told Lei Yu to marry the princess and brought the matter to Lei Wusha, who approved the solution to preserve the emperor’s value to the Thunder Clan.
• Lei Wusha took Lei Qi to tour nearby imperial territories and explained how the Great Xia Dynasty and other puppet rulers managed resources and trade for the Thunder Clan.
• Lei Qi asked what would happen if the supported rulers grew powerful, and Lei Wusha said the Thunder Realm would not tolerate nearby factions that threatened its interests.
• Lei Qi concluded that managing such affairs was troublesome and said he had no interest in taking responsibility for them.

Lei Qi claimed new rewards after Han Yue and Han Xue became pregnant, then prepared to attend the Flame Clan’s Coming-of-Age Ceremony. He arrived in the Flame Realm with a large escort and settled in to await Huo Zhi.

• Lei Qi received an Earth-tier cultivation method, then gained puppet-refinement knowledge, Bloodline Aptitude Pills, Peak Dou Saint blood essence, and pill ingredients after Han Yue and Han Xue became pregnant.
• Lei Qi refused Yao Ye’s request to join the Thunder Legion and instead took her to Yao Yue.
• Lei Ying told Lei Qi that the Flame Clan’s Coming-of-Age Ceremony was ten days away, and Lei Qi agreed to attend with Elder Lei Tan and a hundred Thunder Legion members.
• Lei Qi’s group reached the Flame Realm, where Huo Li and Huo Mo welcomed them and marveled at his rise to Mid Seven-Star Dou Venerate.
• Lei Tiange secretly escorted the group but was intercepted by Huo Yi, while Lei Qi and his companions settled into the Flame Clan’s finest accommodations.

Huo Zhi confronted Lei Qi over their engagement and accused him of humiliating her, while Huo Yue provoked her. Lei Qi restrained Huo Zhi from attacking Huo Yue and insisted he would protect her from harm even without their marriage contract.

• Huo Yue declined to accept Huo Zhi's challenge and asked Lei Qi to protect her, and he promised he would.
• Yan Ting told Huo Zhi to visit Lei Qi because the Thunder Clan's younger generation was stronger and the Flame Clan needed its alliance; Yan Yu questioned the arrangement.
• Huo Zhi went to the Thunder Clan delegation's residence and argued with the guards until Lei Tan let her pass.
• Lei Qi removed Huo Zhi's veil and embraced her, and she accused him of treating her like a concubine rather than a fiancée.
• Huo Yue taunted Huo Zhi, who tried to attack her, but Lei Qi restrained Huo Zhi and said he would not let her harm his women.
• Lei Qi told Huo Zhi that he would protect her even if they had no marriage contract.

Lei Qi attended the Flame Clan’s coming-of-age ceremony and noticed Gu Xun’er among the Ancient Clan’s visitors. After Huo Zhi completed her test, she challenged Lei Qi, leaving Yan Ting speechless at the enormous gap between them.

• Lei Qi arrived at the Flame Clan plaza and saw Gu Xun’er with the Ancient Clan delegation.
• Huo Yue told Lei Qi about Gu Xun’er’s Divine Grade Bloodline and family background, and he confidently said he would make her bear his children someday.
• Yan Ting began the bloodline tests, and Huo Jun and several others earned Purple-Gold Clan Patterns.
• Huo Zhi received a Purple-Gold Clan Pattern and unexpectedly challenged Lei Qi.
• Yan Ting hesitated as Huo Zhi faced Lei Qi, whose cultivation had reached the Mid Seven-Star Dou Venerate level.

At the Flame Clan’s Coming-of-Age Ceremony, Lei Qi defeated Huo Zhi after she challenged him, then carried her away and reconciled with her. As Lei Qi and Huo Zhi grew closer, Huo Yue watched from afar and worried about losing his favor.

• Huo Zhi challenged Lei Qi at the ceremony, and he accepted while Yan Ting warned them to stop before anyone was seriously hurt.
• Huo Zhi used her Rainbow-Gold Clan Pattern to raise her strength, but Lei Qi knocked her unconscious with one strike and carried her away.
• Huo Zhi woke up, bit and struck Lei Qi in frustration, then calmed down as he comforted her.
• Lei Qi told Huo Zhi he would return home the next day, and she reacted jealously when he mentioned Huo Yue.
• Huo Zhi removed her veil and leaned toward Lei Qi, while Huo Yue watched and worried that Huo Zhi would win his favor.

Lei Qi rewarded several Thunder Clan elders before using the Dragon Transformation Demon Formation and the Demon Lightning Pool to refine a powerful puppet from the bodies of Ancient Dragons. He completed the puppet, named it North Dragon, and emerged with a battle companion whose strength rivaled Lei Jin’s.

• Lei Qi returned to the Thunder Realm, rewarded Lei Tan, Lei Tiange, and Lei Wusha with pills, and sent them back to cultivate.
• Lei Qi entered the Demon Lightning Pool and began fusing the bodies of the North Dragon King, the other Dragon Kings, Xuan Mo, and Qing Yan into a puppet.
• Lei Tiange broke through to Late Four-Star Dou Sheng, while Lei Wusha and Lei Tan reached Early-Stage One-Star Dou Sheng.
• Lei Qi tempered the fused body with Heavenly Flames and Black Demon Lightning, then placed a wisp of his soul inside it to complete the puppet.
• Lei Qi named the powerful Ancient Dragon puppet North Dragon and had it carry him out of the Demon Lightning Pool.

Lei Qi emerged from the Demon Lightning Pool with North Dragon, a puppet whose aura had reached the Late Seven Star Dou Sheng realm. After Lei Ying tested it in battle and damaged it with a full-strength strike, Lei Qi recalled the puppet and explained how he had made it, leaving the Thunder Clan elders impressed by its combat power.

• The Thunder Realm elders gathered when the Demon Lightning Pool warped, and they found Lei Qi seated on North Dragon, a Late Seven Star Dou Sheng puppet.
• Lei Qi invited Lei Ying to test North Dragon, and their clash briefly put Lei Ying at a disadvantage.
• Lei Qi assured Lei Jin and Lei Ying that North Dragon could withstand great damage, so Lei Ying unleashed his full strength with Thunder Tribulation Palm.
• Lei Ying's strike sent North Dragon flying and cracked its body, after which Lei Qi recalled the puppet.
• Lei Qi told Lei Ying that he had refined Ancient Dragon Island traitors into the puppet and estimated that it could contend with an Eight Star Dou Sheng.

Lei Qi checked on Cao Ying’s alchemy progress and learned the Pill Convention was more than a year away, then agreed to take her home to visit her parents. He also spoke with the pregnant Han Yue and Han Xue about exploring the Thunder Realm after giving birth, before heading to check on Liu Fei and Ye Xinlan.

• Lei Qi left North Dragon to repair in the Demon Lightning Pool and checked on Lei Rui, Lei Xiao, and Lei Chen.
• Lei Qi found Cao Ying had become an Eighth-Rank Alchemist but had not yet refined an eighth-rank pill.
• Cao Ying corrected Lei Qi’s mistaken belief that the Pill Convention would begin in two months, explaining that it was at least a year away.
• Cao Ying asked Lei Qi to visit her parents with her, and he agreed to make arrangements.
• Lei Qi visited Han Yue and Han Xue, who asked to explore the Thunder Realm after their babies were born, and he gave them permission.
• Lei Qi left to visit the former courtyard where Liu Fei and Ye Xinlan were staying.

Lei Qi visited Liu Fei and then Ye Xinlan, receiving system rewards from both encounters. He agreed to help the Ye Clan secure its position in the Pill Tower and set aside Ye Xinlan’s rewards for Cao Ying.

• Lei Qi visited Liu Fei, who said she had already accepted her fate, and claimed a reward of one hundred Eighth-Colored Pill Lightning Ninth-Grade Medicinal Pills.
• Lei Qi encountered Ye Xinlan, who asked him to help the Ye Clan and offered to let him command her; he agreed to help with the Clan’s position in the Pill Tower.
• Lei Qi claimed a Soul Fruit, a Physique Fruit, and a Dou Qi Fruit from Ye Xinlan’s reward, deciding to give all three to Cao Ying later.
• Lei Qi teased the shy Ye Xinlan, who reminded him that he had promised to help her Clan.

Lei Qi brought Cao Ying, Zi Yan, and a large Thunder Clan entourage to Cao City so Cao Ying could visit her family. The Cao Clan welcomed them, and Lei Qi reunited Cao Ying with her parents before accepting Cao Chen’s invitation to rest at the residence.

• Lei Qi set out for the Central Region with Cao Ying, Zi Yan, and the Thunder Clan party, reaching Cao City after several days.
• Cao Chen learned that hundreds of powerful visitors had arrived and prepared to seek help from the Pill Tower if they proved hostile.
• Lei Chenmu explained that the group had come to bring Madam Cao Ying home to visit her family, easing Cao Chen’s fears.
• Lei Qi arrived with Cao Ying and Zi Yan, and Cao Ying reunited with her parents.
• Lei Qi respectfully greeted Cao Ying’s parents as his in-laws, then accepted Cao Chen’s invitation to enter the residence.

Lei Qi returned to the Thunder Realm and rewarded its elders before Han Yue and Han Xue gave birth to a son and daughter, triggering a powerful batch of rewards. He distributed Advanced Experience Pills to the Thunder Clan’s Supreme Elders and left the oldest elders to decide whether to risk using a second pill.

• Lei Qi returned to the Thunder Realm with Cao Ying and gave selected elders pills and blood essence, sparking a wave of cultivation.
• Five months later, Han Yue and Han Xue gave birth to a son and daughter, and Lei Qi claimed rewards that included Advanced Experience Pills, Rainbow Sacred Lotuses, Low-Grade Experience Pills, and Violet Lightning Divine Thunder.
• Lei Qi named Han Yue’s children Lei Ao and Lei Qing, then summoned Lei Ying and the Supreme Elders.
• Lei Qi gave the Supreme Elders Advanced Experience Pills and told them to conceal their increased strength.
• Lei Qi warned Lei Ying, Lei Jin, Lei Qing, and Lei Mo that taking a second type of pill could harm their future potential, and Lei Ying chose to take a Low Saint Pill.